Ten Second Studio Guest Designer Post

Today I would like to share with you a card I made as a guest designer for Ten Seconds Studios (TSS) featuring VerDay Metal Paint and VerDay Patina. There will be a materials list at the end of the post if you are interested in any of the products used in the making of this project.

I wanted to create a rusted metal box look for this easel card so I combined the easel card and a match box card box to get the look I wanted. I used the dry brush technique in creating the mat for the front on the card. I love SteamPunk and have a lot of fun doing it my way! The papers used here are from Graphic 45 SteamPunk and Old Curiosity Shoppe Collections.

Front of the card. I love the Graphic 45 women in the SteamPunk Debutante Collection. They have a middleast appeal and are so haughty and tough enough to stand up to a rusty vintage look. I am sure everyone has heard of Alphonse Mucha and the Mucha girls...no? me either until I made a trip to Moravia and Prague, Czech Republic a few years ago and had the opportunity to visit a museum that featured some of his works. Mucha paints in an Art Nouveau style and Graphic 45 Steampunk Debutantes are a takeoff on his style of painting the Mucha Girls.

Left Side

Can anyone say rusted box? I painted the VerDay Metal paint on the box then went back and dry brushed the VerDay Patina around pretty heavily. I think it definitely created a rusty box look.

Inside the card! Don’t you love the way the old rusty gears turned out? It seems like the paint has a mind of its own and comes out different colors.

Open Drawers

Drawers opened and the card folded flat.

Materials used:

I would first like to talk about the VerDay Paint and Patina that I used. When Cheryl and Megan first showed us the video’s of the VerDay line I wasn’t to impressed to begin with but as they continued to show us the line I fell in love with all the possibilities that the paints could give me in my crafting endeavors. The first time I “painted” with the VerDay I was won over forever!

The VerDay Paints come in bronze, copper, metal, and brass and can be painted on just about anything then you allow it to dry and paint the VerDay Patina on and allow it to cure and the magic happens! Being new to the project I had to play a bit with it before I started making anything so here is what I found out by using the TSS Big Daddy mold 7a as an embossing plate. Awesome mold BTW ! The front side is a plate full of gears and the reverse side has different knot and cornice patterns that I plan on using in future projects. Here is a picture of the mold. (Yes Carol, it is flat and resembles a letter press plate and you can run it through your Big Shot without worrying about it breaking.)

To play with it I cut black cardstock into 6”x6” and ran it through the Big Shot with the BDAD 7a mold to get the gear/cog look. One piece I painted before the embossing, one after the embossing and the third one I just dry brushed. I was surprised at the differences achieved in each process.

Graphic 45 papers from the SteamPunk Debutant and Olde Curiosity Shoppe Collections

Stampin’Up! Products:
• Basic black, Very Vanilla, and More Mustard Cardstock
• Favorite Thoughts Stamp set for the sentiment
• Basic Black Ink Pad
• Grogain Ribbon
• Match box die

Tim Holtz
• Ideology min gears and pen nibs
• Mini Gears dies
• On the Edge die SteamPunk
Dew Drops for the feet
Mulberry paper roses
BoBunny brads for drawer pulls
Black Gems from Michaels dollar bins

Hope you like the card as I really enjoyed making it.!

Ten Second Studio Guest Designer for April

Today I am going to share a project I made as guest designer for Ten Second Studios (TSS) using the VerDay line of metal paints.

I had bought an old manikin bust at Micheal’s a while back and when I was chosen as a guest designer I decided to try out the paints on the bust. I first glued the manikin bust to a 3 inch tall glass candle holder to give it some height then painted the whole thing with the bronze VerDay Paint. I allowed it to cure overnight then dry brushed the VerDay Patina on and was so surprised when it actually came out looking like a bronze bust!! I don’t know why I was so surprised because I had been watching Cheryl and Megan with their TT videos but I was surprised none the less!

After letting it set for another day or two I sprayed it with a spray sealer to give it an aged patina and to preserve the turquoise color the VerDay Patina gave it.

The flower on the shoulder is made using Stampin’ Up! (SU) Fabric, rhinestone brads, and the SU flower die for the Big Shot. The blue flower ribbon on the bottom of the manikin and on the fabric flower is from the Tim Holtz Ideology line. Lace is from my craft room stash as is the beaded necklace chain and gems that I bought the at Michaels a while ago.

I love the patina on the candle holder base. Who would think it was a cheapo $1 glass candle holder from Dollar Tree!!

Patina on the hips… Wish chocolate looked this good on mine!!

Artsy angles

I loved making this manikin and it will sit in my newly decorated bathroom when it gets done. I spent less then $10 total to make this project using only stash out of my craft room and altering it with the VerDay. How can I put a price on it though when I had a blast making it.

Materials List:

Ten Seconds Studio VerDay Paint and VerDay Patina
Stampin’ Up!
• Fabric,
• flower die for the Big Shot
• rhinestone brad
Tim Holtz Ideology Trimmings flower ribbon
Manikin and jewels from Micheal's.
Candle Holder from Dollar Tree
Lace from my stash

Ten Second Studio Design Team

Woo-Hoo! I have some exciting news to share! I was chosen by Cheryl and Meagan at Ten Second Studios to be one of their monthly guest designers! When they put out the call for people to apply for the design team I didn't think I stood a chance but I love their products and projects and decided to give it a try! Over 1000 very talented people heard the call which makes me humble to think that I was one of the ones chosen! Starting the first Thursday of April (and every Thursday in April) I will making projects to be displayed on the TSS site.

I have always been a crafter and loved to sew but now I actually give thanks for the medical problems that allow me to stay home and play all day. I have found a whole new life, friends, and ways of expressing myself since retiring. Due to my medical training I have found I bring a lot of detail into my work. I started out as a scrapbooker/paper crafter in 2008 and have expanded over the past few years into a multimedia crafter/artist. I am willing to give any medium a try and have a blast learning new techniques. My favorites right now are grunge and vintage works. I like to recycle or reuse found items like toilet paper rolls, whiskey packing containers, cigar boxes etc. As most of you know I am at my happiest getting all inky and covered in paints and glue!

There will be a a new guest designer every month so follow along and check out all the awesome projects we will be doing.